Hola!

So I cannot promise length with regards to this post as I am super tired right now. We just got back from watching Adjustment Bureau (we think!) in the theaters  and it was awesome!! We weren't  sure (a) if it was going to be shown in English or (b) if it was going to be worth the trip over to that side of the city. It was both! It was in English with Spanish subtitles, and it was such a good movie. :) Also, I am beginning to think that the adventure is just worth the adventure, regardless of the ending. I loved riding through the metro rails and getting a bit lost on our walk through the city. Also fun was having to ask for directions to the cinema, deciding on which of the random restaurants with menus we couldn't decipher we were going to eat from, and simply spending a fun relaxing evening having what felt like the most normal date possible (this is exciting for me because I don't get to have a "normal" date very often).

Anyway, the entire vacation so far has been so much fun! We've visited the aquarium, been on a long and super fun bike tour, figured out the metro and bus systems, had amazing food and gelato, and gotten lost our fair share of times. Adam has taken the role of "protector from potentially scary things and people", as well as "direction figure-outer," and done a remarkable job. I always hate figuring out how to get to where I want to go, and he is quite good at it, and doesn't get upset when we get lost occasionally. Also, he is very good about getting us un-lost again!  We both love the metro, and I cannot think of a reason I wouldn't want to ride it every day! It is clean, and doesn't smell. There are also very few creepy people on it.

The aquarium was very interesting. There were, of course, fishes and other sea animals from all over the world, and the entire set up was very flowy and relaxing. At one point there was a huge tank that was full of sharks and other huge fish that was surrounded by a slow moving path we could stand on. This path is probably mainly there to help the flow of traffic, but it was so much fun to get to stand on while taking video of the sharks and rays passing by the glass. There were a lot of children at the zoo that day, which is completely fine. Little kids yelling in European languages are way less annoying than little kids yelling in a language from Asia or America. Not sure why...Anway. After the aquarium we went to see if we could watch a movie in the IMAX theater next door, which sadly wasn't open. Instead we wandered over to the adjoining mall to do some window shopping and hopefully find an adapter that would work with Malaysian computer cords. Success was found!

This morning we went on a bike tour that took us all over the old part of Barcelona. It was long, fun, and definitely felt really nice to be out and about. We saw cool historical sites, cathedrals, the Sagrada familia (a story in itself), and other fun sites. We learned that Barcelona is actually a part of Catelonia (sp?) which has its own completely different and unique culture from Spain. Consequently, because it is so different, it has hundreds of years of rulers trying to squash that uniqueness out using death, torture, laws, bombings, etc. It is so interesting! Our tour guide was Australian, and near the end of the tour he took us to the beach and told us to drink, eat, and drink. We did exactly that, and had cheesecake (not as rich as American cheesecake), lasagna, foccacia bread, and a pitcher of sangria! Deliciousness :)

On the subject of food....it is all SO GOOD! The desserts, the pastas, the sandwiches, the gelato, and....everything else is absolutely wonderful. :) Especially all the breads! I wish we had bread like this in Malaysia. I would be so large they would have to airlift me from my house.

And as for tomorrow? We are going to try to hit the zoo and several different museums/sites of interest. Wish us luck! Hopefully there will be more gelato in the future....

Love you all!

Becca